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Welcome to the Device Research Lab (DRL) under the direction of Dr. Evelyn N. Wang in the Mechanical Engineering Department at MIT. The DRL aims to address energy and water challenges facing our world. We probe fundamental heat and mass transport processes, leverage novel materials engineering, and build high-performance prototypes and devices to realize impactful technologies. Specifically, our research areas comprises phase-change, solar, thermal, and water.
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News
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Congratulations to Yajing Zhao and her Mesophase team for winning the 2022 MIT Water Innovation Prize
Congratulations to Yajing Zhao and her Mesophase team for winning the 2022 MIT Water Innovation Prize! Mesophase, is developing a…
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Congratulations to Young Ko for being selected as a finalist in DHS’s Cooling Solutions Challenge!
Congratulations to Young Ko for being selected as a finalist on his idea Hybrid Cooling Wrap in DHS’s Cooling Solutions Challenge! Young’s…
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Congratulations to Emily Lin for being selected for the NSF Graduate Fellows!
Congratulations to Emily Lin for being selected for the NSF Graduate Fellows! At DRL, Emily’s current research focuses on the…
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Our recent solar evaporation work featured in Editors’ highlights
Congratulations to Lenan Zhang, Xiangyu Li, Yang Zhong, Arny Leroy, Zhenyuan Xu, and Lin Zhao for their recent solar evaporation…
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Solar-powered system offers a route to inexpensive desalination
Congratulations to Lenan Zhang, Xiangyu Li, Yang Zhong, Arny Leroy, Zhenyuan Xu, and Lin Zhao for their recent work on…
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Controlling how “odd couple” surfaces and liquids interact
Congratulations to Kyle L. Wilke, Zhengmao Lu, and Youngsup Song for their recent work on turning traditionally nonwetting surfaces wetting…